The joint effects of water and sanitation on diarrhoeal disease: A multicountry analysis of the demographic and health surveys

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 20, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 284-292

  Fuller, James A ^a   Westphal, Joslyn A ^a   Kenney, Brooke ^a   Eisenberg, Joseph N S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Cross sectional analysis; Demographic and Health Surveys; Diarrhoea; Interaction; Sanitation; Water

Indexed keywords

DRINKING WATER;

CHILD HEALTH; DATA ACQUISITION; DEMOGRAPHIC SURVEY; DIARRHEAL DISEASE; DISEASE PREVALENCE; HEALTH SURVEY; INFRASTRUCTURE; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC STATUS; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS;

ARTICLE; CHILD; DEMOGRAPHY; DIARRHEA; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; NEWBORN; RURAL AREA; SANITATION; URBAN AREA; WATER MANAGEMENT; HEALTH; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTOR; RURAL POPULATION; SOCIOECONOMICS; STANDARDS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

DIARRHEA; FEMALE; GLOBAL HEALTH; HEALTH SURVEYS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; PREVALENCE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; RISK FACTORS; RURAL POPULATION; SANITATION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; URBAN POPULATION; WATER SUPPLY;

EID: 84922648509     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/tmi.12441     Document Type: Article

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